Benjamin Gaines, Ph.D.

Dr. Benjamin Gaines is associate professor and chair of the Mathematics & Physics Department at Iona University. He is also treasurer of the MAA Metro NY section, and the recipient of Iona’s 2022 Brother Arthur A. Loftus Outstanding Student Research Award and the MAA Metro NY Section’s 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award. His primary research interests include combinatorial games and math education, particularly on questions involving writing in mathematics. In addition to teaching courses throughout the math curriculum, from mathematical thinking through abstract algebra, he greatly enjoys working with students on research questions in games and statistical data analysis. He is very interested in helping learners of all levels overcome the perception that they are "not math people."